LOSS OF THE EGYPT.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 23 May 1922, Page 5

LOSS OF THE EGYPT.

COMMANDER’S STORY Press Assn. —By Tel. —Copyright. LONDON, May 22. The Seine rescued 242 survivors. The victims included seven women and two children. The commander of the Seine states that he was steaming at five knots and suddenly saw a liner looming up through the fog. “She crashed into us and tore away the bow of my vessel then disappeared. I could not see her but only heard terrible cries ring through the dense fog. I looked for the other vessel but tooa twenty minutes to find her. She was then lying on her side with a great hole in her plates.

“The air was full of lamentations and heartrending cries. I ordered all lifebuoys to be thrown into the sea and lowered the boats to rescue all possible.”